Ma Ai

Ma Ai, governor of Dunhuang, died in office amid unrest in the west and severed roads.
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History · vol. 18Records of the Three Kingdoms
先是,河右擾亂,隔絕不通,敦煌太守馬艾卒官,府又無丞。功曹張恭素有學行,郡人推行長史事,恩信甚著,乃遣子就東詣太祖,請太守。…
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先是,河右擾亂,隔絕不通,敦煌太守馬艾卒官,府又無丞。功曹張恭素有學行,郡人推行長史事,恩信甚著,乃遣子就東詣太祖,請太守。時酒泉黃華、張掖張進各據其郡,欲與恭(艾)並勢。就至酒泉,為華所拘執,劫以白刃。就終不回,私與恭疏曰:「大人率厲敦煌,忠義顯然,豈以就在困危之中而替之哉?昔樂羊食子,李通覆家,經國之臣,寧懷妻孥邪?今大軍垂至,但當促兵以掎之耳;原不以下流之愛,使就有恨於黃壤也。」恭即遣從弟華攻酒泉沙頭、乾齊二縣。恭又連兵尋繼華後,以為首尾之援。別遣鐵騎二百,迎吏官屬,東緣酒泉北塞,徑出張掖北河,逢迎太守尹奉。於是張進須黃華之助;華欲救進,西顧恭兵,恐急擊其後,遂詣金城太守蘇則降。就竟平安。奉得之官。
Ma Ai was the governor of Dunhuang. The source does not specify the chapter in which he appears, and the novel does not mention him.
Deeds
During the unrest in the Hexi region, when the roads were cut off, Ma Ai died while serving as governor of Dunhuang. His office also had no deputy officials. (Historical record)
Relations
- Served as governor of Dunhuang